How Do I Setup Parental Controls on My Family's iMac or MacBook Using Mobicip?

Overview

This article describes how to use Mobicip's parental controls to protect your family on the iMac or Macbooks.

Summary: Download and enable Mobicip on the Mac using your account and map each child to his / her profile.

Step-by-step

Sign Up

Go to mobicip.com and 'Sign Up'. Once the account is created, you will see a confirmation and receive an email.

Enable Mobicip's Parental Controls on macOS

Login as an administrator on the Mac. Download Mobicip for macOS and open the installer. Accept any warning messages. Review and accept the terms and conditions.

Click on the Mobicip icon and login using your Mobicip account (or create one here)

Map each Mac user to the relevant child profile in your Mobicip account.

Note: On macOS High Sierra and later, you will need to give explicit permission for the Mobicip app to run. If the Notifier pops up, click the Fix button. Just follow the prompt to and click 'Allow' to give permission.